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Ye Ziqing and Yu Ling walked out of Dexing Building and found that the time had quietly come to three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Are you hungry?" Ye Ziqing asked Yu Ling kindly.

Yu Ling shook his head and replied, "I ate a lot of pastries at the auction, so it's okay, what about you?" ”

In fact, Ye Ziqing has always been very curious, as long as the hunger does not appear after entering this game, it is clear that even if the stomach is off the line for a short period of time after a whole day, it is really like the forum said that this game is a weight loss weapon?

"I'm not hungry either, let's go buy rock sugar gourds first, and by the way, you can introduce me to Huangqicheng."

"Okay, then I want a big hawthorn."

"It's up to you." Ye Ziqing shook his head and said with a smile.

Yu Ling held the rock sugar gourd in his hand, and took Ye Ziqing to turn the corners of Huangqi City. Buildings with antique colors and different styles continue to enter Ye Ziqing's eyes, and he was surprised that this ancient city containing a long and brilliant Chinese civilization, which could only be known from books and the mouths of the older generation, can be perfectly reproduced in this game, and perhaps our ancestors also lived like this.

"The area in the southwest corner was almost all visited, all of them were some medicines and restaurants, as well as the Dexing Building that we went to in the morning." Yu Ling said slowly.

Ye Ziqing thought that he had only walked a corner after walking so much, and was about to say something, when he saw many people dressed brightly pouring into an alley, and he could hear many noisy voices of men and women.

"What's there?" Ye Ziqing pointed to the alley and said.

Yu Ling looked in the direction of Ye Ziqing's finger, which was fine, and suddenly said angrily: "I don't know, if you dare to go in, I will ignore you again." ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"Don't ask, hurry up, I'll take you to the east gate, there is a building there that you must be interested in."

Seeing Yu Ling talking angrily, Ye Ziqing didn't dare to ask and hurriedly followed.

Passing through the crowded bustling market, I came to the DC District. It's not as lively as the market, but it's quieter, but there are still many people who come back to their houses with light steps, and you can still see a few houses with high-walled courtyards.

"Look over there, that's the only Holy Sanatorium in our Martial Emperor Kingdom."

As soon as Yu Ling's words fell, Ye Ziqing saw a white vault with an olive-shaped tip on it in the distance, and then vaguely saw that the windows upstairs were filled with colorful things, and when he walked in, he found that it was a bright white church with a typical Romanesque arch structure.

With its towering towers, thick and heavy walls, semicircular arches, colorful window holes and round dome roofs, it is an ancient structure with marble bricks and marble columns that can only exist in the West.

Ye Ziqing looked surprised, why did it appear in Huangqi City. If it is only some buildings with some Western architectural characteristics, after all, it is common sense for a big country to absorb some foreign styles, but this kind of immobility seems to appear out of thin air, and there is a huge contrast with the surroundings.

Yu Ling looked at Ye Ziqing with a shocked face, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Scared to see the Holy Hospital? ”

"No, why did this thing appear in Huangqi City?" Ye Ziqing was puzzled.

"The Holy Sanatorium has been here for a long time, let alone a thousand years, it was brought by the missionaries of the Holy Religious State, and in order to promote the relationship between the two countries, a piece of land was pardoned to build this Holy Sanatorium for the Holy Religious State."

"It's been a thousand years, what is the Holy Sect Country?"

Yu Ling smiled, took Ye Ziqing's hand and said, "Don't worry about it for now, go in and have a look." After speaking, he dragged Ye Ziqing into this holy treatment center.

"Slow me down."

When Ye Ziqing entered the Holy Hospital, the interior was tall, spacious, and bright, and even the light became gentle, with tall stone pillars and walls, arched temple roofs, colorful patterns everywhere, lifelike statues, exquisite and detailed reliefs, and the ground paved with colored marble was shining, gorgeous to the point of panic and suffocation, but they were all surprised that this was a masterpiece of the world.

"It's beautiful inside, I like to come and sit every time I'm tired and see what doesn't belong to us."

"All I can say is a spectacle." Ye Ziqing looked around and said in surprise.

"Let's go find a seat inside."

Ye Ziqing nodded, and after a while, he found a bench to sit down, and watched a large number of players appear from the center of the church with a flash of holy light, and quickly walked towards the door with a look of chagrin or anger on his face.

"Rain Spirit, what are they?"

"Aren't you an adventurer? Don't you know? ”

Yu Ling looked at Ye Ziqing, who shook his head, and said with a smile: "I don't know how you are an adventurer. They were resurrected here by the power of God. ”

"This is the legendary resurrection?"

"Well, yes, adventurers will be resurrected from this holy healing house or buy a divine stone from the archbishop as long as they die, and they can be resurrected in the nearest town, but that divine stone is expensive, and it is only useful for you adventurers."

Hearing Yu Ling say this, Ye Ziqing wondered if there would be any other way for the Holy Sect to resurrect NPCs.

"Yu Ling, can you tell me about the Holy Sect Country you just mentioned?"

"Yes, everyone in that country is a devout follower of 'God' and advocates fairness and justice, but there will be severe punishment for those who blaspheme 'God', and they will send people to spread the miracles and stories of 'God' everywhere every year."

"Do the people of the Martial Emperor Kingdom know this 'god'?"

"Yes, there is only one 'God' in our cognition, and the history books all say that this world was created by 'God'."

"I still have a problem, I found that some weapons and buildings in the Martial Emperor Kingdom are biased...... How so? ”

"Biased towards the Holy Cult?"

Ye Ziqing frowned when he heard this and nodded.

"It is written in the history books that in fact, there was only one country in the original world, that is, the Ancient Holy Sect, and many weapons and buildings have also been handed down from that time to the present, and now many people's hair colors and names can verify this, including the forbidden knights we met before, and their equipment is borrowed from the paladins of the ancient Holy Sect."

Hearing this, Ye Ziqing's mind instantly appeared with Randy and Lily, and his heart suddenly realized.

Yu Ling continued: "But in the ancient times, there was a great flood that completely destroyed the old world, and the human beings who survived either continued to believe in the 'gods' and formed a new holy religion, or, like the founder of our Martial Emperor Kingdom, took root in one place and formed a new civilization that continues to this day. ”

Ye Ziqing looked at Yu Ling, thinking that the explanation just now felt like hearing a myth and legend, but it also proved that human beings will create their own world no matter when and where. He also looked at the white marble pillars with light patterns on the periphery of the Holy Hospital, with delicate patterns and delicately carved and realistic reliefs of saints and saints.

"Do you believe in this 'God'?"

"Shhhh Yu Ling whispered.

Ye Ziqing doesn't know how to explain, if I say that 'God' was only created by us, she definitely doesn't believe it, but they are too much like us, and they always feel that something is wrong.

"Yu Ling, take me to continue shopping." Ye Ziqing stood up, looked at Yu Ling and said.

"Okay, it's time to go to the northeast next, just in time to take you to see the place where you adventurers are most concentrated."

The two of them left this splendid holy hospital, and when they left, an amiable old man wearing holy clothes and glasses noticed Ye Ziqing at the door.

Yu Ling took Ye Ziqing to the northeast corner of Huangqi City, listening to Yu Ling's introduction, Ye Ziqing looked at the different previous downtown areas. It's a small bazaar lined with small sheds on both sides of the road, and a lot of players selling their own weapons and materials.

"This is the Son of Heaven of the Martial Emperor Kingdom who specially approved a piece of land and rented it to you adventurers for trading, and now it should be to take care of you, you can rent a stall to sell things for 60 silver coins a day, and you can sometimes find good things here."

Ye Ziqing and Yu Ling wandered around the market here, and found a male player in dark green armor with his goods, Ye Ziqing glanced over and found a scroll and picked it up curiously, it was actually a recipe, and he asked strangely.

"Brother, you're a recipe."

The male player found out that someone was asking him something, and immediately replied: "No, I thought it was a skill scroll, and I thought it was finally a good product, but it turned out to be a recipe." ”

The man looked at Ye Ziqing's equipment, presumably a rich man, and said, "Count it cheaper for 20 silver and take it." ”

Ye Ziqing is not so easy to fool, and said: "At this stage, everyone knows that players don't need to be full at all. It's too expensive for you, so I'll pay 5 silver. ”

"No, how can it be so cheap, it's not enough for me to pay for an errand, add more."

"7 silver, no matter how expensive it is, I won't buy it."

The man muttered in his heart, anyway, this recipe is a piece of waste paper, it is better to sell it quickly and make some money.

"Seeing that you are the first customer today, 7 silver is 7 silver."

Ye Ziqing put the money in the man's hand and put the recipe in the space, and then found that the rain spirit around him was missing, and hurriedly ran to find her.

The man watched Ye Ziqing leave in a hurry and shouted, "Welcome boss, come back next time." ”

Ye Ziqing, who didn't hear the man's shouting at all, searched around and didn't find Yu Ling, he was in a hurry, and suddenly thought that he still had a skill "Tracking Technique", and he had used it on monsters a few times before, but he didn't know if it had any effect on people.

"Forget it, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor."

After saying that, Ye Ziqing immediately mobilized his magic power, closed his eyes and imagined the appearance of the rain spirit, and then there was a dinging sound in his mind, and he immediately opened his eyes. The world in my field of vision turned drab gray, and when I looked at the ground, a pair of red shoe prints appeared.

Ye Ziqing, who followed the shoe prints, unconsciously came to the inaccessible and remote northwest corner, and saw the shoe prints turned into a dark alley.

"Ahh

Hearing that it was Yu Ling's shout, Ye Ziqing thought that Yu Ling had encountered a gangster, so he rushed over and shouted.

"It's time to go, Rain Spirit!"

After shouting, she looked into the dark alley, and found that Yu Ling was being pounced on the ground by a dirty, tail-wagging puppy, looking at herself blankly, and there were several children curled up in a corner by her side. Ye Ziqing was stunned for a while, and the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing.

Yu Ling, who came back to his senses, immediately laughed at Ye Ziqing, stood up and said to the children: "It's okay, don't be afraid, this person is not a bad guy." ”

Seeing that the children behind Yu Ling were looking at him in fear, Ye Ziqing slowly walked towards them, squatted in front of the children and said softly with a smile.

"I'm sorry, my brother didn't mean to scare you, can you forgive my brother?"

The children saw Ye Ziqing let down their guard like this, but did not answer his words, but just nodded silently.

Ye Ziqing turned his head to look at Yu Ling and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Yu Ling picked up the dirty puppy and handed it to a little girl, and said: "I was just walking around the market with you, and I saw a child looking for food, so I saw that he was pitiful, so I bought food for him to eat, and then found that he didn't eat and ran to this alley, so I followed, and found that the child was taking food to his friends, and then they let me play with their little white in order to thank me." After speaking, Yu Ling pointed to the little boy.

The boy was as disgraced, ragged, skinny, and barefoot as the other children, Ye Ziqing was distressed when he saw it, and complained to Yu Ling: "Then you didn't tell me earlier." ”

"I'm sorry, I wanted to pass the word to you later."

"It's not about that, you take care of the children first." After Ye Ziqing finished speaking, he turned his head to the children and said, "You guys are obedient here, listen to my sister, brother, I'll bring you food back, you must be obedient." ”

When the children heard that there was food, their eyes suddenly became energetic, and they nodded and said, "We will listen to my sister obediently." ”

Ye Ziqing smiled lightly, turned his head and gestured to Yu Ling, and when he saw that Yu Ling also nodded, he immediately ran to the shops and restaurants in the nearby streets to buy them, and there were only a few dozen copper coins left, but he didn't feel distressed at all, he just hoped to buy more and bring more to those children.

"I'm back, come and see what's delicious." Ye Ziqing said with a large bag of food.

When the children saw so much food, they flocked to it with rice, roast chicken, pastries, etc.

"Slow down, don't rush, everyone has a share." Yu Ling helped Ye Ziqing and said.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and handed out food to the children. After a busy circle, seeing that every child was eating food in Jingjing, Ye Ziqing and Yu Ling felt that everything was worth it.

"Rain Spirit, what is this place? I think this place is different from other places, and what is going on with these children? ”

"This is a forgotten corner of Huangqi City, there are many underworld forces entrenched here, these children should be orphans or escaped from human traffickers."

"Then why didn't Huang Qicheng take care of it?"

"Maybe they have some scruples."

Yu Ling didn't know how to answer, so he could only prevaricate. Although she had heard of it as a princess, she would never have believed that there were so many suffering people in the thriving imperial city if she hadn't seen this group of lonely children with her own eyes.

Seeing Yu Ling's solemn expression, Ye Ziqing was not easy to disturb, so he didn't say anything more.

I saw that the little boy who had given the food to the other children suddenly stopped eating, wrapped the food again with oiled paper, and silently put it away.

Ye Ziqing walked up to the little boy and asked softly, "Why don't you eat it?" ”

The boy lowered his head and whispered, "That brother, I'm full." ”

"How can you be full after just a few bites? Is there something uncomfortable? ”

"No, it's because the food brought by my brother is too delicious, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it anymore, Xiaoli wants to save it for when I'm hungry again."

When the other children heard Xiaoli's words, they stopped eating the food in their hands and wrapped their own food and put it away.

Ye Ziqing and Yu Ling heard this, and their eyes were filled with tears.

"Then my brother will come to see you in a few days, is it okay?" Ye Ziqing touched Xiaoli's dirty face and said.

"Hmm." Xiaoli nodded.

Yu Ling and Ye Ziqing said goodbye to the children. The children were reluctant, shaking their little hands and saying goodbye to the two.

The sky quietly pulled up a black curtain, and other places were bustling, and the slum in the northwest was unexpectedly deserted, along the way Yu Ling did not talk to Ye Ziqing, the two of them went one after the other, Yu Ling rubbed her crying red eyes and walked slowly in front, Ye Ziqing followed silently behind, thinking about how to comfort her.

Suddenly, Yu Ling stopped, looked back at Ye Ziqing, and opened his mouth slightly.

Ye Ziqing looked at Yu Ling's red eyes, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and she wanted to raise her hand to wipe them off for her, but as soon as she raised her hand, she hesitated and put it down silently.

At this time, Yu Ling wanted to tell his identity, but looking at Ye Ziqing, thinking about the scene just now, he couldn't say anything, and he didn't know why he suddenly became scared every time the words reached his throat, which was not like his usual self at all.

"I ......"

"I ......"

The two spoke at the same time, but they both heard each other have something to say to themselves, and began to be silent again, signaling the other party to speak first, back and forth several times, and finally Ye Ziqing was the first to speak.

"Are you okay?"

Yu Ling nodded lightly and replied, "Well, it's much better than just now." ”

"That's good, where is your home, I'll send you back."

"Wait." Yu Ling pursed her lips, blushed and said, "You close your eyes first." ”

Ye Ziqing nodded and closed his eyes.

Yu Ling looked at Ye Ziqing in front of him, and said silently in his heart: Ling Ziqing, thank you for breaking into my life, the experience of these two days has made my life unforgettable, I'm sorry, I have to hide it from you for a while, but I believe in you, and I believe that the day when you reveal the secrets of your hearts to each other will come soon.

At this moment, Ye Ziqing didn't know what Yu Ling wanted to do, so he could only silently close his eyes and wait for Yu Ling's order.

Suddenly, Ye Ziqing felt a pair of warm hands supporting his face, Yu Ling pressed his forehead against his forehead, and suddenly a cool feeling hit his whole body, and a hint suddenly popped up in front of him: I have learned the apprentice level of "Identification Technique".

"What?" Ye Ziqing hurriedly stepped back, covered his forehead and exclaimed.

"How? I can teach you the art of identification of your heart. ”

Ye Ziqing looked at Yu Ling, whose face was flushed and had a small dimple, smiling and looking forward to it, but that's it.

"Then I'll send you home first."

"No."

Before Ye Ziqing could say anything, Yu Ling hurriedly ran behind him.

"Don't come with me, or I'll ignore you again." Yu Ling turned around and smiled at Ye Ziqing and ran away.

Looking at Yu Ling's bouncing, lively and cute, and gradually moving away, he shook his head and laughed happily.

"I'd better hurry back to the Adventurer's Guild, Chikage guesses I'm in a hurry, I seem to have forgotten something......"

Ye Ziqing thought for a while and suddenly shouted, "It's over, I forgot to buy meat for Qianying." He sighed and said, "Forget it, I'd better hurry up and go outside the city and fight a demonic beast for it." After speaking, he rushed towards the entrance of the north city.

At another time, a man wearing gold and silver armor engraved with dragon carvings and carrying a beautiful wooden box entered the slum and came to the alley where Ye Ziqing had met the children before.

"Children, sister, I'm here to bring you something delicious." The man said softly.

When the children heard the familiar voice, they immediately came out to welcome the sister, and the man squatted on the ground to open the wooden box, which contained many colorful and cute pastries, and handed them to the children one by one.

"That sister, today an older brother brought a sister to bring us food." Xiao said in his heart.

"Oh? Is it? What does Xiao Li look like from them? ”

Xiao Li immediately said: "That sister is dressed beautifully, that brother...... Dressed in black, black, and brown, but with a strange grayish-looking thing on his left arm, which glows with this little colored light. ”

The man hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Could it be him?" ”

"Sister, what's wrong with you, sister?"

"Xiaoli, I'm fine, you can eat quickly, tell me if you can't finish eating, my sister will use magic to extend food insurance, so that you are not afraid of spoilage."

Xiao Li smiled sweetly, then picked up the pastry in his hand and ate it.

The man was relieved to see that the children were eating deliciously, but he also thought why the man had come to bring food to the children.